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Game 6 is Sunday night in Nashville. That meant it was the Pittsburgh Penguins' turn to play hammer to the Nashville Predators' nail in Game 5. Bonino now boasts four goals and seven points through 21 postseason games, a step back from the 18 points in 24 games that he was able to put up during the team's successful championship run in 2016. Read More »

That's the one ingredient they didn't have previous year. "They can make for a very scary duo for teams across the National Basketball Association because they're both mismatch nightmares". In his postgame interview, he used the word "liberating" to describe the shot, the moment. And I try to do the same things. "I gave everything that I had to this game", James said. Read More »

Combine that with last year's 73-win season, and a second title in three years - which could have easily been three consecutive championships - and foundation of the case has been made. But the top-seeded Warriors, seeking their second title in three seasons, are playing at another level and barring a meltdown of epic proportions, will soon be celebrating their second National Basketball Association title in three seasons. Read More »

Goalie change: Rinne, who endured a rough start to the series but found his rhythm the prior two games, was pulled for Juuse Saros to start the second period. In game three, they held Sidney Crosby and Yevgeni Malkin shot-less, something that's only happened a few times in their entire career playing together. Read More »

Pittsburgh will have a chance to become the first franchise to win back-to-back championships since Detroit in 1998 when the series shifts back to Nashville for Game 6 on Sunday night. Game Five is in Pittsburgh on Thursday. Pekka Rinne was terrible through the first two games and was certainly a big reason that Pittsburgh took an early series lead. Read More »

Emirates Team New Zealand moved a step closer to an America's Cup rematch with Oracle Team USA on Thursday as they ended the quest of Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR. The New Zealand boat rose on its hydrofoils rapidly just before the start and lost control, its bows plunging into the water before the boat flipped sideways, its massive fixed wing sail in the water. Read More »

It was a star-studded night at the game in Nashville: Country singer Dierks Bentley sang the national anthem while fellow singer Jason Aldean waved a towel to rev up the crowd. "The real hockey starts now", Subban said. "Our focus is really more concerned about just that one game in front of us". Nashville Predators' Viktor Arvidsson (38) and Pittsburgh Penguins' Carl Hagelin (62) trade punches during the third period in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, Thursday, June 8, 2017, ... Read More »

Just over three minutes later, the Penguins scored two goals 15 seconds apart to cap a Game 2 victory . Pittsburgh C Nick Bonino needed assistance to the locker room after blocking a shot off of his left ankle area in the first, but returned. Read More »

Before adding Kevin Durant , most people thought that the 2015-2016 73-win Warriors team could have been the best ever . He's just going up against a better team. They will surely pose a great threat to the Warriors and they could give them a run for their money. The Celtics' role players consisting of Bill Walton, Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge would also give the Warriors a big challenge. Read More »

No man has ever beaten Djokovic and Nadal back-to-back and won a grand slam , and even if Thiem were to get past the Spaniard, he would still have to defeat either former champion Stan Wawrinka or three-time grand slam victor Andy Murray in the final. Read More »

No man has ever beaten Djokovic and Nadal back-to-back and won a grand slam , and even if Thiem were to get past the Spaniard, he would still have to defeat either former champion Stan Wawrinka or three-time grand slam victor Andy Murray in the final. Read More »

Adding to its fatality count, 2017 edition of Isle of Man TT claimed lives of three races since the event commenced earlier this week. There's no denying the Isle of Man TT race is extremely risky, but is considered to be rewarding by most racers. Read More »

Durant's 3-pointer over LeBron James with 45 seconds left in Game 3 gave the Warriors the lead for good in a 118-113 victory, providing him a lasting highlight that will be the signature play of this series and perhaps his career. His presence allows Golden State to survive Klay Thompson's shooting slump in Game 1 and Draymond Green's foul troubles. It's sports. You have an opportunity to sign one of the best players, and you can do it, go ahead and do it. Read More »

Speaking before his fourth appearance in the final - while searching for his third Cup win - Crosby said he was motivated not by history, but by making the most of the rare opportunity to win at all. Midway through the first period of Game 5, the Penguins have six shots to the Predators' four. All the Pens need is to have Malkin or Kessel to have an above average game to be within one game of winning back-to-back Stanley Cups. Read More »

Ronaldo has often referred to Ferguson as a fatherlike figure in his life and it was fitting that his former manager was there to congratulate him on one of the best nights of his career. Madrid are winners of European football's leading club competition for a 12th time. Juventus conceded more goals in 90 minutes against Madrid than in their previous 1,080 minutes of Champions League action. Read More »

Paris: Defending champion Novak Djokovic on Wednesday crashed out of the French Open after suffering a shocking straight-sets defeat against Austria's Dominic Thiem in his last-eight clash. What's not clear is if he can go beyond merely playing a close match . "I was just unable to hit the ball well and many unforced errors". Former champion Mats Wilander thinks 23-year-old Thiem's easy run could actually work against him. Read More »

It seemed unthinkable that Virat Kohli and his swaggering IPL superstars could be defeated by Sri Lanka , a side still rebuilding after the retirement of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. He had to step in against a very strong opposition and I was very impressed with how he batted. Malinga (2-70) got the breakthrough and then Sri Lanka's nemesis, India captain Virat Kohli , was caught behind off Pradeep for a duck. Read More »

A police statement said: " Victoria Police and their partners within the Joint Counter Terrorism Team are conducting a police operation in the northern suburbs this morning ". One caller to radio station 3AW said he saw "10 to 15 police searching rubbish bins" and in addition, had pulled a garbage truck over. "They're in transit but they're obviously close because they're running", the man told Fairfax Radio . Read More »

On Tuesday, Trump surprised many in Washington by stepping into the dispute, taking credit in a series of tweets for encouraging the Arab nations to isolate Qatar for its support for terrorism. Late Tuesday night, the Jordanian government announced it was reducing its level of diplomatic representation in Qatar and cancelling the local registration for Al-Jazeera TV. Read More »

As we all know, the Algerian was the PFA Player of the Year in the 2015/16 season after helping Leicester City to an incredible Premier League title triumph by scoring 17 goals and providing a further 10 assists in 37 top flight appearances. Read More »

That was the 2016 NBA Finals, and we all know how that turned out against Golden State. Cleveland was in a very similar spot a year ago, when the Cavs lost the first two games by 48 points, won Game 3 and then overcame a 3-1 deficit to win their first title. Read More »

In fact, three National Basketball Association teams have only forced a Game 7 after losing the first three contests in a series - with the last time occurring in 2003. Golden State's second and third best players are Klay Thompson and Draymond Green in any order you'd like. The NBA has almost doubled its salary cap over the past several seasons, and this is the first year of a $24 billion television deal. Read More »

No matter who I'm going against, if I'm going against four Hall of Famers, like I said before the series started with Draymond, Klay, Steph, and K.D., or if I'm going against two or whatever the case may be, I'm always excited to play the game. Read More »

I just think that they were a little bit - sometimes should be a little bit more respectful", Muguruza said, noting that the chair umpire repeatedly had a hard time quieting the premises. No. 6 Dominic Thiem. How right those folks were. That's because defending French Open champion Garbine Muguruza and seven-time Grand Slam victor Venus Williams were eliminated Sunday. Read More »

Gennett now has 42 career home runs, compared with an average of 309 career homers for the 16 previous sluggers to achieve four home runs in a game, the Times said . In all likelihood, this will be the greatest (baseball) moment of Gennett's career . It might sound petty, but I know folks that are still peeved about Adam Dunn and Mike Leake getting Eric Davis' number 44. Read More »